522. The Clovehitch Killer. It was a decent PG rated, maybe Lifetime serial killer movie of the week. I really liked Dylan McDermott's performance as dad, Don, pulls off the 'I am old and my back hurts' dad bit really well, and well, other things... Like being creepy! This is pretty much telling the tale of the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader, just with a different outcome. Takes place is a close-knit religious town, that used to have a serial killer problem, but 10 years ago the killer went silent. And then one night Don's horny son, Tyler sneaks out in the middle of the night stealing dad's truck to make out with a girl. And while all that is going on, Tyler's date finds a dirty picture, of a girl in bondage type situation, and given their upbringing this stuff is pretty close to the devil's work. Tyler of course knows it must be dear old dads, this leads him to explore dads private shed and finds some more dirty dirty things, including a polaroid picture of someone tied up with one of the Clovehitch Killer's victims name on it!! Is dad a serial killer? Who can I talk to about this? Well, that's super easy, the outsider goth girl, Kassi, who lives with not her mom, not mom worked for the police, who just happened to have all the Clovehitch Killer files in the living room. And off the teenage detectives go to find out if Tyler's dad is a serial killer or not. What do you think? Huh? Spoiler Alert! I personally hated the ending, I could possibly see Tyler wanting things to end the way they do, however, not Kassi. When we find out the things we find out about her, I just don't see that ending happening. Also on a final note, the guy who plays Tyler, Charlie Plummer, is it me or does he look a lot like Hailee Steinfeld of Bumblebee? On a second final note, the girl that plays Kassi, Madisen Baily, looks like a hybrid of Isla Fisher and Anna Paquin. Hmmm... Filmbufftim on FB.
Review of The Clovehitch Killer
